Dibdins Ghost by Field Eugene (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Miniature book 2"x3". Soft cover. Green printed wrappers. Stitched binding. Thin, unpaginated book. 500 copies. 1st edition. Fine.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Green printed wraps with stitched binding. 2.85" x 2.3".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Stapled wrappers. Slight fading else about fine. Reprinted by Robert Weigel in celebration of the fifth Annual Conference American Printing History Association, New York, 27 September 1980.

Paperback. Condition: As New. As new staple bound 6.5" x 10" slender pamphlet Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Sewn wrappers. Condition: Fine. New Edition. Octavo, [ iv] pages, charcoal covers Eugene Field, a.k.a. "The Poet of Childhood", compiled the first book-length bibliography of American First Editions. A true bibliophile, Field composed this poem for book collectors. It begins, "Dear wife, last midnight, whilst I read / The tomes you so despise,". Robert Weigel produced this handsome new printing for the 5th Annual Meeting of the American Printing HIstory Association in 1980 at his private press in central Illinois.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited. Hardcover, Limited. One of 500 copies printed for Bixby by the Merrymount Press. Quarter leather spine with gilt titles, floral patterned boards, title page lettering in red and black, initials in red in the text block. Very minor shelf and edgewear, clean, tight sturdy copy. Faint gift inscription on FFEP.

STIFF PAPER WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. LIMITED EDITION. (10) PAGES. A MINIATURE CHRISTMAS KEEPSAKE STRING BOUND BOOKLET. GREEN STIFF PAPER COVERS. ONE OF 500 COPIES. EUGENE FIELD'S POEM AND TRIBUTE TO THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN (1776 - 1847), A NOTED BIBLIOGRAPHER AND BIBLIOPHILE. THE POEM IS ABOUT A VISIT FROM DIBDIN'S GHOST. FIELD QUERY'S THE GHOST ABOUT RARE BOOKS IN THE AFTERLIFE. FIELD LAMENTS ABOUT HIS SPOUSE'S COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS READING IN BED AND SPENDING MONEY ON BOOKS RATHER THAN NECESSARY VICTUALS. Size: 2 3/8" X 2 3/4".

Printery (illustrator). 16mo. marbled stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 11+(1) pages. Limited to 125 copies, 75 reserved for those attending the Typocrafters' gathering in Chicago, 1990. A fine copy. Introductory comments about the author, a noted bibliophile, by Timothy Hawley. marbled stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "135 copies have been printed on an Albion Press. The type is Original Old Caslon & the paper is handmade Bodleian printed damp. The frontis was engraved on wood by Rudolf Milpacher. The binding was completed at the press." Tight, bright, and unmarred. Grey paper boards, black ink lettering and pictorial element, frontispiece. Oblong. 54x73mm. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition this being 52 of 135.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. One of 500 copies prinsted for Bixby by the Merrymount Press. 1/4 leather on floral patterned boards, spine title in gilt, title page printed in red and black, initials in red in the text block. Rubbing at the corners with some loss, very minor rubbing to the spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No. 13 of 135 copies. [20 p.]. Most pages printed on one side only. 6 x 7 cm. Black silhouette frontispiece. Grey paper covered boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Limited edition of 500, May 1922. A Very Good copy. 12mo., unpaginated, bound in floral decorated paper boards with leather spine. Titles in gilt on spine. Tips and edges rubbed, paper covers lightly faded. Very minor finger soiling to end papers. Text is unmarked, binding is solid.

1 vols. Sm. 8vo. One of 500 copies printed. One of 500 copies printed. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. BAL 5887. BAL 5887 Original black cloth-backed decorated boards, glassine (torn). Fine.